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CONCEPTS |
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MATERIALS AND RESOURCES |
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Geography |
Land |
Map Skills: |
Desk Maps |
Teacher Observation |
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Water |
keys, legends, symbols, |
Maps-Globes-Graphs workbook |
Chapter Test |
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New York |
Climate |
scale, compass |
History:
Discovery and Exploration
The Discovery and Exploration directory included here offers research
tools with maps, travel literature, and atlases; links to bibliographies,
journals, and biographies, as well as time lines and historic informatin.
Young historians in upper-elementary, middle, and high school will find
a wealth of easily accessed information.
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Native |
Early People |
compare and contrast |
If I Lived With the Iroquois |
Teacher Observation |
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Americans |
Eastern Woodlands |
inferencing |
Hiawatha's Speech |
Chapter Test |
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Iroquois Confederacy |
sequencing |
Eastern
Woodland Indians |
Constructed Response Questions |
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Algonquians |
cause and effect |
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Iroquois Nations |
interpreting |
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Contributions |
fiction/nonfiction reading |
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legends |
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folktales |
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Colonial |
European Explorers |
compare and contrast |
If You Lived in Colonial Times |
Teacher Observation |
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Times |
New Netherland |
inferencing |
The Colonies |
Chapter Test |
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British New York |
sequencing |
Rebecca Steffoff |
Constructed Response Questions |
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Life in the NY Colony |
cause and effect |
Voyage of the Half Moon |
DBQs |
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Dutch |
interpreting |
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English |
fiction/nonfiction reading |
Visit
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French |
legends |
Trip
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Road Social Studies Curriculum Map - Willow Road - Page 2 |
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American |
Unrest in the Colonies |
compare and contrast |
America Rock Video and CD |
Teacher Observation |
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Revolution |
French/Indian War |
inferencing |
If You Lived at the Time
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Chapter Test |
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Forts in New York |
sequencing |
the American Revolution |
Constructed Response Questions |
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Patriots vs. Loyalists |
cause and effect |
Tolliver's Secret |
DBQs
NYS
DBQ's
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from NYS on DBQ's
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your own DBQs
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Boston Tea Party |
interpreting |
Esther Wood
Brady |
Writing Pieces |
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Continental Congress |
fiction/nonfiction reading |
Revolutionary War |
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Declaration of Independence |
legends |
Rebecca Steffoff |
a Patriot or a Loyalist) |
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NY battles (Saratoga) |
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The Hessian's Secret Diary |
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Help from other countries |
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American Revolution 1700-1800 |
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Yankee Doodle |
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Early Years |
Constitution |
compare and contrast |
Niagara Falls |
Teacher Observation |
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State Government |
inferencing |
Cynthia Klingel |
Chapter Test |
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Statehood |
Representatives |
sequencing |
The Niagara River |
Constructed Response Questions |
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First President |
cause and effect |
Melissa Whitcraft |
DBQs
NYS
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from NYS on DBQ's
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your own DBQs
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Growth of towns |
interpreting |
The Erie Canal
History
of the Erie Canal
1868
Map of New York and Waterways
New
York Archives of Canal Records
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Major impact of Erie Canal |
fiction/nonfiction reading |
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Railroads |
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Steamboats |
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Immigration |
Ellis Island |
compare and contrast |
A Personal Tour of Ellis Island |
Teacher Observation |
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Migration |
Immigrant Groups |
inferencing |
Robert Young |
Chapter Test |
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Slavery |
New Life in a New Land |
sequencing |
Ellis Island Simulation Project |
Constructed Response Questions |
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Women's Rights |
Communities |
cause and effect |
Family/Community Interviews |
DBQs
NYS
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Abolotion |
interpreting |
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Underground Railroad |
fiction/nonfiction reading |
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H. Tubman, S. Truth |
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S. B. Anthony, E. C. Stanton |
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Road Social Studies Curriculum Map - Willow Road - Page 3 |
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Government |
Local |
compare and contrast |
America Rock Video and CD |
Teacher Observation |
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government and government |
inferencing |
I Love NY song |
Chapter Test |
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officals in the community |
sequencing |
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State |
cause and effect |
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NYS
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government and government |
interpreting |
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officals in New York State |
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government and government |
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officals in the country |
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How a bill becomes law |
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